United States Chess Federation (USCF) Mission Statement USCF is a not-for-profit membership organization devoted to extending the role of chess in American society. USCF promotes the study and knowledge of the game of chess, for its own sake as an art and enjoyment, but also as a means for the improvement of society. It informs, educates, and fosters the development of players (professional...

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I try not to gloat too much over my occasional chess victories, but I think I am justifiably proud of my victory over veteran master Jon Jacobs, who is rated 2264, at the Hotel New Yorker last night. Jon Jacobs recently organized the forum on computer chess cheating at the Marshall Chess Club. Before the game started, Polly Wright dubbed this the "USCF Forums Chess Championship" and I am happy...

Yes. I agree. Susan should stop attacking AF4C and other sponsors. If you look at her blog, you will see that Susan attacked AF4C during the 2006 US Championship, complaining that the prizes were "too small". Here is part of what she posted on her blog at http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2006/04/my-take-on-latest-us-championship_05.html However, the biggest debate among many chess players was...

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Yes. It is the same training that is mentioned in Shahade's book, the "Chess Bitch". Since you are good at copying and quoting things, please quote it here. As I read Jennifer Shahade's book, she was unaware that Susan Polgar was being paid to "train" her. She thought that this was joint co- operation and preparation, not chess lessons from a rival. Shahade and the other players were being...

I think this is a good time to revisit this issue. Back in 2004, when Susan Polgar was trying to form her "Dream Team" by excluding certain players she did not want playing on the US Woman's Chess Olympiad team, Anjelina Belakovskaia, former US Woman's Champion, stated that Polgar's screaming was like "girls in a bordello fighting over a client". This was in post number 9922 on the FIDE Chess...

It is interesting that John Hillary considers the financial figures sent by Bill Hall to the Executive Board and to the Finance Committee to be "half-truths, unsupported rumors and paranoid fantasies". I will use that quote in the future. Please note that John Hillary, a political ally of Jerry Hanken, states that the financial figures provided by USCF Executive Director Bill Hall are...

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I think this is a good time to revisit this issue. Back in 2004, when Susan Polgar was trying to form her "Dream Team" by excluding certain players she did not want playing on the US Woman's Chess Olympiad team, Anjelina Belakovskaia, former US Woman's Champion, stated that Polgar's screaming was like "girls in a bordello fighting over a client". This was in post number 9922 on the FIDE Chess...

We have recently interviewed Grandmaster Nigel Short. In this interview with Nigel Short, he talks about his plans of chess promotion, his writing career, state of chess in England, interest in cricket, roles of chess players body's like ACP or CPAI, views on FIDE. He also shares his chess coaching experience, playing experiences with Kasparov and Karpov, famous game with Timman etc. Visit...

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To get a motion on the floor simply write it out and hand it to the secretary. It will be taken up last in the meeting. Or, you can do what happened last year which is somebody first got it passed at the membership meeting before I had arrived. This is how a by-laws change got passed last year requiring me to spend 100 words in my candidates statement explaining my child custody case. The maker...

The following appeared on the Susan Polgar blogspot this morning: http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2007/06/texas-tech-university-sponsors-2007.html Wednesday, June 13, 2007 Texas Tech sponsors the 2007 Denker and Polgar Mr. Dewain Barber, chairperson of the Denker Committee, received a complete tour of the magnificent campus of Texas Tech University today. He was shown a number of places where...

The real problem is not micro-management. The problem is that the Executive Board ultimately has only one power, and that it to hire and fire the executive director. As long as the executive director feels that he is in no danger of being fired, he can do anything he wants. The board is powerless to do anything about it. I will give you one example: At the board meeting in Stillwater OK on

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"Susan and Paul have resisted the temptation to name names"? That has to be the biggest joke ever. Everything they write on their blog involves a personal attack on somebody, or usually several people, by name. As to your other point, Yes, it is widely believed that if they are defeated in this election, they plan to go out and form their own organization. Let them go ahead and try. Competition...

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